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CHAPTER I. 



Introduction. . 



>>>Jnstruclion derivable from common tilings 

 "..T ^Extraordinary numbers and varieties of Insects 

 ^ Can he studied in every situation 

 i^iS- Anecdotes . • • • 



Nl Cabinets useful but not indispensable . 

 * Study of Insects does not narrow the mind . 



,Tw Injuries and Benefits caused by Insects 

 't Use of names in Natural History . 

 .V% Study of Insects fascinating to youth . 



\^^ Anecdote of a little girl 

 ' p^ Beauty of Insects . . . • 



V Varieties in the economy of Insects . 

 States of Insects .... 



Insects produced from e^SLS . 

 Larva, Caterpillar, Grub, Maggot 

 Pwpa, Chrysalis, Aureli a, Nymph . 

 ,^^^i Imago, perfect Insect . . . • 



<5;^' CHAPTER II. 



Structures for protecting Eggs . * , , • , , , 



Rggs of Insects can bear great degrees of neat and colO 

 Bees compared to our mechanics 

 Mason-Wasps . . • • • 



S Curious proceedings of one at Lee . 



£j^ Her caution outwitted by a Fly 

 ^O Structures of anotlier Mason-Wasp . 



^ Her storing of live Caterpillars 

 Mason-Bees ..... 



^^ Nest of one on the wall of Greenwich Park 

 !>>*. Clav-mine of Mason Bees at Lee 

 !i^ Estimate of their labours 

 |C Wall-Mason-Bees of France 



J^ Proceedings of the two-horned Mason Bee at Lee 

 .rs Structures of Mason Bees . 

 to Their restless disposition 

 Miuing-Bees - • .-..-• ,. ' 



Their different proceedings in Britain and in i ranee 

 CHAPTER III. 



krpentPi-Bees . • • - 



Methods of working 

 History of one at Lee 

 Violet Carpenter-Bee of France . 

 Compared with our joiners 

 Elder and Bramble Carpenter-Bees . 

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